The Sons of Liberty

A) enjoyed support from New York craftsmen and laborers.
B) won widespread support from New York's upper classes.
C) opposed any violent response to the Stamp Act.
D) never found support among the lower classes of colonists.
E) immediately came to dominate colonial legislative bodies.

Sons of Liberty

A secret organization formed in the American colonies to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight the abuses of taxation by the British government.

Stamp Act

A law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring all legal and commercial documents in the American colonies to bear an official tax stamp, leading to widespread protests and contributing to the American Revolutionary movement.